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Practice in all the courts of Bartow county, the Superior Courts of North-west Georgia, and the Supreme Courts at. Atlanta. . Office wi st side public Square, up-stairs over W. IV. Rich A Co’s. Store, second door south of Postoffice. julylS. T. W. MILNER. J. W. IIARRIS, .JR. MILNER & HARRIS, YTTO 11 JNT XI YS-YT- Xj YAY , CARTERSVILLE, GA. Office on AVest Main Street. julylß F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist, (Office over Stokely & Williams store.) CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. X WILL FILj TEETH, EXTRACT TEETH, I 1 and put in teeth, or do any work in my line j at prices to suit the times. { //"Work al. warranted. Refer to my pat- l rons’ all over tire county, allg 15-1 y. F. M. JOHNSON. JOHN T. OWEN, (At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store,) CARTERSVILLE, GA. A \ J ILL soil Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. 1 \Y Spectacles, Silver and Silver-Plated Goods, and will sell them as cheap as they can lie bought anywhere. Warranted to prove as represented. All work done by me warranted to give satisfaction. Give me a call. julylS. CHAS. B. WILLINGHAM, Sten.ogruph.ic Court Reporter. [ROME JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. | r MAKE A CLEAN RECORD OF CAUSES, X taking down the testimony entire; also, ob jections of attorneys, rulibgs of the court, and the charge of the'court, without stopping the witness or otherwise delaying the judicial pro ceedings. Charges very reasonable and satis faction guaranteed. Tr;vvelei*’s Ghiide., CHEROKEE RAILROAD, On and after Monday, June 10, 1878, the train on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday excepted): GOING WEST. Arrive. Leave. Cartersville 1:30 pm Stilesboro 2:15 pm 2:20 pm Taylorsville 2:45 pm 3:00 pm Rockmart 4 :v0 p m GOING E AST. Rockmart 6:00 a ra Tavlorsville ...... 7:00 a m 7:15 am Stilesboro ....... 7:40 ain 7:45 a m Cartersville 8:35 am • WILLIAM Mac R A K. Sup’t, COOSA RIVER NAVIGATION. On and after Monday, November 30th, tliofol lowing schedule will'be run by the Steamer MAGNOLIA: Leave Rome Monday 9 am Arrive at Gadsden Tuesday 7am Leave Gads len Tuesday Bpm Arrive at Rome Wednesday 6pm Leave Rome Thursday 9 a m Arrive at Gadsden Friday 7am Leave Gadsden Friday 6pm Arrive at Rome Saturday 6pm M. ELLIOTTGen’I Sup’t. HOME RAILROAD COMPANY. On and after Sunday, June 3rd, trains on this Road will run as follows: DAY TRAIN—EVERY DAY. Leave Rome 8:10 am Arrive at Rome 12:00 m SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMMODATION. Leave Rome 5:00 p^t Arrive at Rome . ........ 8 :Q0 p m WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R. The following is the present passenger sched ule: NIGHT PASSENGER—UP. Leave Atlanta . 2:45 pm Leave ( Artersville 4:38 p m Leave Kingston 5:04 pm Leave Dalton 6:50 pm Arrive at Chattanooga 8:25 pm NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN. Leave Chattanooga 5:15 pm Leave Dalton . 7:05 pm Leave Kingston . 8:34 pm Leave Cartersville 9:00 pm Arrive at Atlanta 10:55 pm DAY PASSENGER- UP. Leave Atlanta 6:25 a m Leave ( artersville 8:16 am Leave Kingston 8:13 am Leave Dalton 10:20 am Arrive at Chattanooga 11:55 am DAY PASSENGER—DOWN. ' Leave ( hattanooga 7:10 a m Leave Dalton .......... 9:06 a m Leave Kingston 10:39 am Leave Cartersville 11:06 am Arrive at Atlanta . . ■ 1:00 pm CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—UP. Leave Atlanta 4:20 pm Arrive at Cartersville * 6:35 pm CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—DOWN. Leave Cartersville ....... 6:25 a m Arrive at Atlanta 9:15 am FAKM E R S , You will save money by buying your suppliedat THE BARGAIN STORE. Ij IT C H FIELD HOUSE, (Aeworth, Georgia.) U. L. I.ITCH FIELD, Proprietor. f'\( iXVENIENT TO THE DEPOT, AND ITS Vv tables supplied with the very best the rnark '•t.;i!h,rds. augß. The Sheeting’s and Shirtings Can’t be beat in prices at THE BARGAIN STORE. VOLUME I. SUCCESS! SCROFULA CURED! The North Georgia Medical In stitute Discharges Another Scrofula Patient! My litttle boy now four years of age was af flicted with the loathsome disease, Scrofula, which exhibited external symptoms at about six months of age. He became very' weak, his skin presented a peculiar yellow appearance—had uo appetite, became so very poor in flesh that he was really unpleasant to look at. Large swell ings appeared under his right arm, and Anally j they broke and continually discharged-the most j fearfully offensive odor—almost unbearable—his 1 mother could hardly bear to wash and dress the deep-running sores. After the disease had gone on for about a month, we called in our famjjy ; physician, a man who bore the reputation of be- | ing a learned and skillful physician. After treating the case for a number of months, he told us that it would take two or three years to perform a cure. However, he continued to treat the child, but with no manner of benefit as we could see. Indeed, with the painful lancing and unpleasant internal medicines the poor little creature seemed to grow more restless and a great deal weaker. About this time myself and wife came to the determination to change physicians, but were greatly troubled as we then knew of no one whom we could trust with more coufideuce than .. the one engaged. Happily, through the advice of a friend—one who deeply sympathized with us in our dire distress —we were directed to see and consult Drs. Memmler & Johnsonf who had established an Infirmary in Cartersville. Our consultation with those gentlemen resulted in our turning over to them the treatment of the little child, whom we deemed beyond the skjll of any earthly physician; but our love for the dear child, who had gone through so much suffering, prompted ue to leave nothing undone that prom ised the least relief. After thoroughly examin ining their patieut, Drs. Memmler & Johnson j began treatment. We had given only three 1 doshs of their medicine, when we noticed consul- ; erable improvement, and every day thereafter improvement went rapidly on. With nothing j but internal remedies, no sore, no plasters, no ! lancing was resorted to by the above named gen tlemen. Simply their internal remedies, after hardly three months’ treatment have performed the cure which it was said required years to ac complish. And now, in conclusion, I invoke the richest blessings of the Great Physician—who looks over all things—to bless and prosper them, and to the afflicted world we feel that M r c could wish them no greater earthly blessing than to fall under the care and treatment of these gentjemen. If any desire to hear from me directly, they will ad dress me at Cartersville, Ga. . Most respectfully, his NIMROD X HO WREN. mark. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of February, 1879. J. W. PRITCHETT, N. P. & J. P. All Chronic Diseases Cured and Surgical Operations Per formed at the North ’ Georgia Medical Institute. MEMMLER & JOHNSON, Proprietors. ! CARTERSATLLE Ga THE FREE PRESS. Grarden Seeds ! ONION SETS ! IHiist’s Warranted Garden Seeds Are sure to germinate true to name, and sold as cheap as unreliable seeds put up by other houses. Purchasers of BUIST’S WARRANTED GARDEN SEEDS will be given a copy of BUIST’S GARDEN MANUAL, FREE OF CHARGE. Call early, make your selection, and secure copy of the Garden Manual before they are gone. Philadelphia Crown Onion Sets, Red and White, sold at bottom prices. When purchasing your seeds remember the name— j “BUIST’S.” and take no other. SOLD BY DAVID W. CURRY, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, CARTERSVILLE, GA. July 18 . Gi'eat Bargains. J. A. ERWIN & SON ARE OFFERING AN ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF FALL AND WINT R GOODS, FALL AND WINTER GOODS, CONSISTING OF Dry Coods, Clothing, Dry Coods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Boots and Shoes, Crockery, &c., Sc c., Crockery, See., &c., AT EXTREMELY LOW PBfYES | AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES TO SUIT TIIE TIMES. TO SUIT THE TIMES. Call and Examine their Goods and Prices Before Buying. J. A. ERW IN & SON. Cartersville, Ga., Sept. 19th, 1878. DISSOLUTION. 1 - ] rjMHE FIRM OF McC AND LESS & WIL LIAMS has this day by mutual consent been j dissolved and the business will be continued at same place by Y. L. WILLIAMS. With thanks to the public for tlieir liberal patronage in the past he hopes by fair dealing to receive the same "in the future, Cartersville, Georgia, January 21, 1879. JjMiOM THE ABOVE IT WILL BE SEEN that I am now solely conducting a full and com plete TIN AND STOVE STOKE. I positively guarantee to keep my stock up to the requirements of this markets offering relia ble and durable goods at the lowest possible figures. jlylß VIRGIL L. WILLIAMS. BARGAINS! BARCAINS ! In men and boys summer hats, AT THE BARGAIN STORE. Ilecture to young men. Just published in a sealed envelope. Price six cents. A lecture on the nature, treatment and radical cure of seminal weakness, or spermator rhea, induced by self-abuse involuntary emis sions, impotency, nervous debility, and impedi ments to marriage generally; consumption, epi lepsy and fits; mental and physical Incapacity, &c.—By ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M. D., author of the “Green Book,” &c. The world-renowned author, in this admirable 'lecture, clearly proves from his own experience that the awful consequences of self-abuse may be effectually removed without medicine, and without dangeroits surgical operations, bougies, instruments, rings or cordials; pointing out a mode of cure at once certain and effectual, by which every sufferer, no matter what his condi tion jnay be, may cure himself cheaply, private ly and radically. JBfey“Th>B lecture will prove, a boon to thous ands and thousands. Sent, under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, on receipt of six cents, or two postage stamps. Address the Publishers, TIIE CULVERWELL MEDICAL CO., 41 Ana Street, New York City. Post Office Box 4586. julylß. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1879. HILL AND BLAINE. A Spat Between these Senators on the Electoral Commission. In the United States senate on March 24tli, after a lengthy political discussion ensued, participated in by Messrs. An thony, Hamlin, Wallace, Conkling, Bay ard, Beck, Voorhees, Blaine and Eaton. During the course of the debate Mr. Beck read a circular issued during the campaign of 1878, and signed: * Sidney A. Austin, By order of the Committee. Geo. C. Gorham, Secretary. The circular says it is almost certain the next senate will democratic, and as serts that foremost among the schemes of that party is an intention to attempt the revolutionary expulsion from his office of the president. Mr.-Eaton referred to the circular read and asked if it was true that the demo crats contemplated the ousting of the president, as there stated. “Now, 1 have not,” he said, “any very high respect for the man that occupies the presiden tial chair. I think he is there through fraud; that he has no business there; that a majority of 300,000 freemen of this country say lie has no business there, but but when the the secretary of this com mittee says that, foremost among their schemes, the opposition already announce their intention to' attempt the revolu tionary expulsion of the president from his office, I, as a democrat, denounce it as false. No body of men, respectable either in numbers or intellect, ever an nounced such a policy. Therefore, even were it not right and proper for other reasons to make this change in the sec retaryship of the senate because of this issue.” Mr. Blaine said the pretext that the secretary was to be removed because he issued this circular might go for what it was worth. He would have to go just the same if he had never issued a circu lar; but the gentleman from Connecti cut (Air. Eaton) had said that Gorham stated an untruth in the circular when he said it was the design of the demo cratic party to remove the president. Now, the struggle in both branches of last congress which culminated in the Potter committee, was evidence of the sentiment in the democratic party which justified the assertion made in that circu lar. The Potter committee was organ ized for the purpose of obtaining, if pos sible, evidence on which to base proceed ings to remove the president. Air. Wallace—Does not the senator know in a week from the issuance of that circular, the democratic convention of Pennsylvania declared it unwise and im politic to make an attack upon the title of the president? •Air. Blaine—Why did they make that resolve if there was no some danger in the air ? Air. Wallace —Because that assertion was false. Mr. Blaine—That document had never seen the light then. It did not come out until some sneaking federal office-holder betrayed the secrets of his party, and is probably now waiting hi the corriders for some reward. The senator cannot base his action in Pennsylvania on that. He went up to Harrisburg to make-cer tain that no such rash step should be ta ken by the democratic party. Air. Wallace said he would concede that there were some such agitation then, but it was also true that the assertion of the circular what was untrue and was un sustained by any word or act of men who were there to represent the democratic party. Air. Blaine thought there was an im mense exhibition here of virtue after the fact. If anything was in the air at the time of the appointment of the Potter committee, it was the conviction that it was organized to tish for testimony on which to proceed against the title of the president. Air. Eaton—l do, but a great many of the republicans feel as I do about it. The best of them agree with me that the man at the white house has no legal title to his place as president of the United States. Air. Blaine—l will answer the gentle man with my view of the case. It is that the president ot the United States holds tiie office to which he was elected by as fair and as honest a vote as George Wash ington did, but that it took a singular de parture from the constitutional modes to make that vote good', and that he M as not only entitled to the votes of the three southern states which he got, but to three more southern states of which he was deprived by bulldozing democrats. [Applause.] The Chair—The sergeant-at-arms M ill see that the door-keeper take iuto custo dy any persons in the galleries violating the rules. Air. Eaton said that he could make no argument upon the belief of his friend fy-om Maine [Mr. Blaine]. His own be lief was that 300,000 majority of the peo ple were defrauded out of the result of au honest election for president. Air. Kern an—Aly recollection is that contemporaneous with the organization of that committee, the house passed a resolution that there was no intent to question the title of the president. Mr. Blaine—Some Meeks after there came up from the’country aery of indig nant protest. After business communi ties everywhere discountenanced such action, then the house, on motion ot a republican, did adopt such a resolution. Air. Eaton reiterated ids assertion that the charge contained in the circular was baseless. Air. Blaine said that there Mere still echoing in his ears the words of the sen ator from Connecticut (Air. Eaton) him self, denouncing the title of the president to his office. Air. Eaton—l say so now. Air. Blaine—Then is not the senator denouncing the republican party, which is amenable for the situation ? Air. Eaton—Tiie gentleman states that the Rotter committee Mas organized to hunt for evidence of that fraud. Dare he say if such evidence was found Hayes ought not to be removed ? Air. Blaine—The senator awhile ago alleged that the president held his seat by fraud. Now he does not know M hether the committee could lind evidence of fraud. Air. Eaton—l have evidence sufficient for me. Mr. Blaine then remarked that the de cision of the electoral commission Mas final and conclusive and Mas so accepted by the people, and it Mas an unpatriotic course on the part of the democracy to seek to disturb that settlement. They had agreed upon a tribunal which decid ed against them, and it was in his view dishonorable to refuse compliance with the terms of that settlement. Air. Hill, of Georgia, said that there Mas an issue of fact raised here between the senators Mho had spoken and a very material one affecting, not only the dem ocratic party, but the character of our in stitutions. It M’as important that the real truth be stated upon this question. The charge of revolutionary purpose made against the democracy by the cir cular which had been read was denounced by the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Eaton) as false, whereupon the senator from Alaine (Air. Blaine) came to the rescue of the document and charged that there'was such a revolutionary intent and to sustain his general charge he specifies the Potter resolution as having that xd terior meaning. Mr. Hill claimed the senator from Maine Mas as incorrect in his statement as M as the secretary of the senate, and he could produce enough fact to bear out his charge, that no por tion of the democratic party ever intend ed, under any contingency, a revolution ary movement for the expulsion of the president. When the electoral commis sion bill mas passed, it contained a pro vision as folloM's: Sec. 6. That nothing in this act fhaT be Held to impair or affect any right now existing under the constitution and laws, to question by proceedings in the judi cial courts of the United States, the right or title of the person Mho should be de clared elected, or Mho shall claim to be president or vice president, if any such right exist. This is a provision of the act of con gress, establishing the electoral commis sion. .It Mas embodied tiiere in view of the apprehension that the commission would not, as in fact they did, look into and investigate tiie alleged frauds in Louisiana and Florida, and that the re sult of their labors would be the declara tion of one of the claimants as president, without an examination into the testimo ny regarding the merits of the case. It M as-adopted that the doors might be left open in such case to proper judicial in vestigation, M'hich would bring out the facts. That there was ground for this belief that the courts of the country M ould have jurisdiction is manifest from the fact that learned gentlemen and dis tinguished statesmen on both sides of both chambers incorporated the provision in the electoral commission bill, reserving all right to reopen this question and have it investigated before the judicial tribunals of the country. Some of the most able huvyers believe that by proper proceeding the superior court can get jurisdiction to investigate this question. It Mas on that principle that the legislature of Maryland adopted a memorial to congress, demanding pro ceedings of this nature should be inaugu rated. Some of the most distinguished republican lawyers of the country hold it M ould be perfectly proper, in a com petent proceeding for tiie superior court to reopen and determine this case upon its merits. Every gentleman of his (Mr. Hill’s) acquaintance and every promi nent democrat of the United States Mho defires to investigate this question at all, desires to do so in the courts and under the encouragement and authority ot elec toral Lima Was this revolutionary? Whether that proceeding before the court should he inaugurated or not would de pend on reliable evidence that should be obtained in the case. Therefore, all sec tions of the democratic party were willing to have an investigation to obtain the real facts. There were republicans as Mell as democrats in the couhtry, who, if the facts should thoroughly establish the illegality of the title of the present incumbent of the presidency, and if it should appear that the supreme court had authority to investigate the subject, were in favor of such investigation. Air. Hill denied that the democratic party had ever announced a revolutionary purpose, looking to the expulsion of the president. It had never been announced in the leg islature, conventions, or in congress. To tell the candid fact, he always believed the gentleman raised the cry of revolu tion to prevent investigation. Air. Blaine, in reply to a portion of Air. Hill’s remarks, read from the decis ion of the speaker of the house at thef time the Potter’s resolution Mas intro duced to show that the investigation in volved the occupation of the Presidential chair. Air. Hill required if any law had been passed subsequent to the electoral law which gave parties the right to test the question of the presidency. Air. Blaine replied that the entire Pot ter resolution did not mention it. Air. Hill said the Potter resolution w r as simply to obtain testimony in relation to the subject. Would the senator say that that the appointment of a committee for th is purpose was a revolutionary proceed ings? Air. Blaine—The speaker stated tliat it involved the rightful occupancy of the presidential chair. Did you want the evidence to be obtained by the Pot ter committee to be used by the supreme court ? Air. Hill—l said no such thing. Mr. Blaine —How does the senator con nect the Potter committee proceedings with the electoral bill ? I maintain that being entirely outside of tiie electoral commission, tiie resolution Mas grossly and blatantly revolutionary from begin ning to end. Air. Hill—l have asked the question tM'ice. Instead of answering mine, be refuses and asks me a question. Aly ques tion was first in order. Aly question is: You charge revolutionary purposes on the democratic party and say it was man ifested in the appointment of the Potter committee. I ask, do you hold that the ap pointment of a committee to make inves tigation is a revolutionary movement? Air. Blaine—The reason for the ap pointment committee, as construed by the speaker of the house, Mas revolution ary. Mr. Hill—Will you saj'- that the ap pointment* of a committee of investiga tion by the house is revolutionary ? Air. Blaine—The committee as con stituted by the speaker, M'as revolution ary. Mr. Hill—ls the appontment of a com mittee revolutionary? Air. Baine—Don’t be childish. Air. Hill—Was your revolution for the appointment of the Teller committee rev olutionary? Air. Blaine —No, M'eM'anted to find out how persons had been deprived of their r*ghts. I assume that the object of the electoral bill Mas that* if any wrong ex isted there might be a judicial remedy. That contemplated only judicial action before a court. The democratic party and the friends of Tilden never wanted a remedy, but organized a committee of a side which had no connection with it. The democrats had startling witnesses and had been coaching them in.order that the ecu itry might be treated ti their revelations, but it did not pan out well. It rather missed fire, and notwithstand ing the decision of the speaker as to the character of the revolution-, which under his construction meant revolutionary, the democrats resolved subsequently that it did not mean any such thing. Falsehood and deceit as charges against Talmage are a mere cloak. The real ob jection is to his method and style of preaching, lie may be guilty of the falsehood and deceit, and his methods may be, and we think are, objectionable, but it would be well for the Presbytery not to dodge the real issue and seek to destroy by indirection. MRS. FELTON. A Plea for Her by a Daughter of Colum tms. Columbus, Ga., March 20, 1879. Editor Times: —ln countries preemi | nently concerned about politics, social ism is bound to suffer; and not only so, but in these latter days 6f the American republic, the suffering is not con lined to socialism in the abstract, but seemed to be measured in double dose to individuals, and especially to those who are known at home to be the best and truest type of manhood and womanhood. This is not only the case in Washington and in na tional politics, but so far as my observa tion goes, it extends to every precinct where there are voters and candidates; and most of our people—the men—are so wholly occupied with politics, that they suffer their families and everything of home interest to waste and decline from utter neglect, and their feeling are so in tense in the matter, and wrought up to such a point of-nervous delirium,that the mind seems to really lose its ballanc-e, and the right to be sensibly and wofully adulterated. Hence it is that many of best men, men who are acknowledged by their friends at home as well as their un prejudiced acquaintances at home and abroad, to be highly moral, honest and* upright, are villified and slandered; and many of our women, who are known and acknowledged by the people at home to be all that entitles them to our highest respect and esteem, who are .acknowledg ed by those who know them most inti mately, and who alone have the right to an opinion, to be faultless models of fe male character, the purest, loveliest and sweetest of God’s creation, are wrongful ly assailed and falsely accused, some times, though very rarely, by men and women who are acknowledged to be gen tlemen and ladies, and therefore deserv ing the full and impartial consideration of those assailed; but oftener, and gener- such persons are accused, slander ed and scandalized, by persons of mean and negative moral principles, who are therefore a gentleman’s, or a lady’s slightest consideration, unworthy alike of their own self-respect, and ofOurs. The controversy between Senator Gor don and Representative Felton and his wife presents to us one of those rare cases where the parties are known to be among the best and purest of God’s crea tures, and yet, following a charge brought against. Mrs. Felton by an out side party, which she has shown to be false, appears a painful controversy, in which these gifted children -of Georgia array themselves against each other, make grave charges and like denials, which I am inclined to think are misun derstandings, or wrong constructions,- or hyperbolical representations of things of minor importance, resulting from the political phrenzy under which they were then somewhat abnormal. To find what and who we ladies are, go to our homes where we live, and whatever character we have thefe is apt to be the true one under ordinary circumstances, so, to know what Mrs. Felton is, go to Cartersville. I have not been that far up the Western & Atlantic road since I came through there five or six years ago, on my way home from school, but I liv ed there about six- years ago, and then Mrs. Felton was acknowledged to be a a fine model of female excellence; indeed, one of the noblest, best and purest wom en on earth, as well as one of the sweetest and loveliest characters, with all the charms and attractions that would make her husband supremely happy, and their home a model fireside. I doubt not that she is more lovely now than she was then. She repelled the charge brought against her, which was her sacred duty; and not only so, but proved it to be false. It does not appear that the charges brought by her against Senator Gordon are suffi ciently cleared away, but If I remember, they are greatly palliated, so that there can be no evil motive attributed to the senator in this unfortunate business transactions. Many persons fail in bus iness through no fault of theirs, and fail also to meet demands. The simple fact of Senator Gordon can vassing the seventh district in favor of Judge Lester and against I>r. Felton was not sufficient proof to have called forth Mrs. Felton’s letter; but if he assailed Dr. Felton’s private character and made the canvass' in an evil spirit, this was quite sufficient, and had she failed to have written it, she would have been less worthy of her husband’s highest aud pu rest affection. Senator Gordon had the right to canvass the district, not being forborne by those noble an unselfish feel ings of civility, which would prompt him to decline, considering they ‘were both democrats, hightoned gentlemen, and good representatives. It might be difficult to show that Dr Felton bore “false witness against his neighbor,” and quite as hard to show that he would shel ter himself behind his wife, or any other pretext; and as General Gordon is known to be brave, we might have a duel before breakfast, before the end of it. The Atlanta Constitution , as the organ of the “organized” democracy, might be expected to sympathize with Gen. Gor don, but the editor is not satisfied with that; his feelings are so intense that he cannot forbear to ridicule and disapprove of Mrs. Felton’s course in positive terms. If the editor will only reflect that his own'wife is a woman, aud a lady, and that she, as well as Mrs. Felton and oth ers of us ladies who believe in the omnip otence of right, is liable to be wrongfully assailed, probably he will not be so hard on Mrs. Felton, notwithstanding she is an “independent,” and don’t ask the edi tor any difference save in this, that she is entirely dependent upon her own in trinsic goodness and sublime virtue, and she would like for the editor not to ridi cule any attempt to vindicate it. Theodora Trammell. When will people learn that female children must not be left unprotected? A negro or a tramp lynched impresses every few weeks the terrible lesson neg ligence has taught. The heart is palsied with the thought of the dreadful crime, the little victim Torn and defiled by the brute, and he suffers, perhaps, the pen alty ; but it is no remedy for a little life blasted by the very recollection of the horror. The truth -is continually im pressed that there is in this land of law and order no safety from demonaic lust but in never leaving girls unprotected. A correspondent of the Macon Tele graph writes to that paper from Atlanta that he is informed by Attorney-General .Ely that under the decision of the su preme court the state of Georgia is -enti tled to recover $74,000 for arrearages of taxes due by the Atlantic & Gull railroad. * As the road is unable to raise that amount, however, it is said that the whole prop erty will be offered for sale at public out cry about the first of July. An extraordinary item in Archbishop Purcell’s assets is a list of 400 business men to whom loans were made by his brother amounting to $484,000, and who have never paid either principal or inter est, and apparently were never asked for it. RATES OF ADVERTISINGT* - —*■■ Advertisements will be inserted at the rates of One Dollar per inch for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents ror each additional insert ion. CONTRACT RATES. One Inch, 1 month, $2 50; 8 months, SS; months, $7 50; 1 vear, $lO. Fourth column, 1 month, *7 50; 3 months, 4 ls; 6 months, $25; 1 year. S4O. Half columns, 1 month, sls; 3 mouths, s&>; 0 morftha, $40,, 1 vear, $O. One column, 1 month, S2O; 3 months, S4O; 0 months, S6O; 1 year, SIOO. Address all orders to The Free Press. NUMBER 38. THINGS IN DIXIE. *•>-<*** There are three and a half million | sheep in Texas. The cotton receipts of Charlotte, A*. ( ~ this year are about 38,000. Madison countv, A. C., will harvest about $140,000 for the tobacco she raised last vear. The Knoxville (’’ .111.) Chronicle says that there will be plenty peaches in that section. Ten thousand dozen eggs have been shipped from Cambridge, Md., inside ol 1 two weeks. The tide of colored emigration, which so recently started lvansasward, is about j to turn southward. More commercial fertilizers have been sold in Charlotte this spring than ever before in any one season. The eastern boundary of Texas meas ures 1,915 miles, and to traverse around the state, one would travel 4,630 miles. I Mrs. Daniel Elzler, of Liberty, Fred erick county, Md., has made a quilt ol 8,000 pieces with the same needle. About forty men are at work building an embankment for the New Orleans Pa cific railroad on Bayou Plaque mine, Louisiana. Nashville, Tennessee, shows signs ol awakening 'prosperity. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of hous es are in process of erection. Gallion and Nelson, two fishermen ot Chattanooga, in one haul caught four catfish, whose average weight was 250 pounds. The hugest fish weighed 75 pounds. San Antonio News: Three armed men rode into the village of Rock Hill, a few nights ago, and arrested and guarded four citizens while the leading store in the place was plundered. A cow on Mr. D. C. Mims’ place, near Buronsville, Alabama, a week or two ago, gave birth to a calf with two perfect fa ces and three ears. Otherwise it was perfect in form. The cow and calf both died. Frank Miller, a poor employee in the press room of the Dallas Herald, has fallen heir to $200,000 by the death of his wife’s grandfather, Jentie Louis Cham pagne. Miller was a brother-in-law of 'Gen. Mouton, who fell at the battle of Mansfield. The Fort Worth Democrat , referring to the question of taxing doctors and dogs, says: From the action of the legislature a stranger would be justified in believing that Texas regarded dogs as a necessity and doctors as a luxury. The prospects for a brilliant season for •New Orleans summer sports seems un usually good and there seem to be an en ergy and will displayed by the members of the seven aquatie and athletic organ izations that argues well. New Orleans Times: A crazy negro, armed with a bar of iron, installed him self as doorkeeper of the Marietta (Ga.) jail, recently. He wouldn’t recognize even tickets with coupons for reserved seats until he was taken in and chained to an orchestra chair. Sherman (Texas) Courier: Luke Ed mondson, a hardware merchant in Sher man, was joked on a tender subject by J. P. Douglass, postmaster. When the joker saw Edmondson get mad he apolo gized, telling him it was only a joke. However Edmondson procured a shot gtm and deliberately blew Douglass’ brains out. The length of a pig’s tail led to a mur der in Madison county, X. C., last ThViVs daj\ Two farmers, named Norton and Gaither, disputed concerning the length of the tail of a pig which they were ex amining. Norton gave Gaither the lie, whereupon Gaither told Norton to get ready for a deadly fight. Both men drew their revolvers almost simultaneously. Gaither was fatally wounded and Norton lost a thumb. The point as to which ot' the two men, was right in regard to the length of the pig’s tail remains unde cided. ‘ AN IMMENSE FARM. Twenty-seven miles north of • Fargo, Dakota territory, is the famous Grondin farm, the largest cultivated wheat farm in the world. It covers about 40,000 acres, embracing both railroad and gov ernment land, and is close to the Tied river. The farm is divided into four parts, and has dwellings, granaries, blacksmith shop, elevators, &c., and has a stabling capacity for 200 horses, and has a granary capacity for 1,000,000 bush els. In addition to the wheat farm there is a stock farm of 20,000 acres. During the seeding season they employ about 70 men, and in harvest time, as many as 200 men are busily engaged. Seeding com mences about the 9th of April and ends the first of May. The work is dpne very systematically, the machines following each other about the field four rods apart. Cutting commences about the Bth of Au gust and ends the fore part of September. Then comes threshing, which is done by eight steam threshers. After threshing the stubble-ground js plowed with gang plows, that cut two furrows, drawn by three horses, and this-work continues until it freezes up, which is about the first of November, With such splendid educational insti tutions as thifffeountry possesses it does •not say much for the good sense of Amer ican parents to state that $4,0f0,000 is annually spent by people in the United States in educating their sons and daugh ters in Europe. Every year more than 5,000 American students go over to Eng land and Germany to receive an educa tion. They evidently desire to say with Mrs. Gilflory, “that they have been abroad. A.report having been circulated that Wade Hampton, jr., took part in certain festivities in honor of Gen. Sherman du ring the recent tour, that gentleman writes to the Charleston News and Cour ier'. “Please deny, on my authority, that I was present at a ball given to Gen. Sherman at Jacksonville, Florida. I would certainly have* avoided meeting the man who was guilty of burning Co lumbia and the cowardice of denying it.” A correspondent in Santa Barbara, Ca’~ ifornia, writing on March 6th, says that the weather is fine and warm, the hills and valleys are all green, peach, apricot and almond trees are in full bloom, ripe strawberries have been in the market all the winter, and plowing, sowing and planting commenced in December and will continue through the month of March. -—- • • Gen. Sherman and Jeff. Davis left Vicksburg, Miss., on the same train, re cently, and in mentioning the fact the Vicksburg Herald says: “A friend of Mr. Davis remarked to him that he would have good company to travel with in the person of Gen..-Sherman, and the ex-president replied: “Well, I suppose there is room enough on the ears for both of us.”